REACH FOR THE SKIES: BALLOONING, BIRDMEN AND BLASTING INTO SPACE

Book ID/图书代码： 14020010B35702

English Summary/英文概要： As far back as stories go, pioneers have reached for the skies. In the last two hundred years, they have mastered the air and made the modern world possible. Today they are bringing outer space within our reach. They’re inventors and toymakers, amateurs and adventurers, visionaries, dreamers and, yes, crackpots. Some have called them irresponsible, even dangerous. But I have met many of them. I have worked with them, and funded them, and flown with them. I admire them, and trust them, and I think they and their kind are our future. In this book I look at the history of flight through the stories and people who have inspired me. These are tales of miraculous rescues; of records made and broken; of surprising feats of endurance and survival, including some of my own adventures, as well as developments in the future of air (and space) travel. This is a story of pioneers, and of course it includes the world famous Montgolfiers and the Wright brothers. But I also want to describe some of the lesser-known trailblazers - people like Tony Jannus, who in 1914 created the world’s first scheduled commercial flight, flying his passengers over the waters of Tampa Bay at an altitude of just fifty feet; the ’bird man’ Leo Valentin, who in the 1950s jumped from 9,000 feet with wooden wings attached to his shoulders; and my friend, Steve Fossett, who dedicated his life to breaking records and having adventures. This is their story. It is also, in a small way, my own.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： Virgin總裁2010年新作：人類航空史上，包含過去與現在的，有名的與無名的發明家、探險家、夢想家與飛行愛好者的故事。

本書的主角並非Richard Branson，而是人類航空史上，包含過去與現在的，有名的與無名的夢想家與實踐者…
Branson能寫出這本書，是因為他何其有幸，不僅有機會遇到這些人，甚至和這些人一起工作與他們一起完成夢想，開創出人類航空史上的新篇章~

每個人ㄧ生中多少曾經有過「如果我能飛」的念頭《特別是在看了宮崎駿+鋼鐵人後，這種渴望會特別濃厚…》。也就是這種飛翔於藍天晴空的慾望，使人類在過去兩百年間發明了各式各樣的飛行器，將穹蒼踩在腳下。而今隨著科技的發達，不滿足於「想像」層次的人類，其企圖與目光已遠眺至浩瀚宇宙《ex.太空旅行》。
這是ㄧ本關於發明家、探險家、飛行愛好者與夢想家的故事。雖然在多數大眾的眼中，這些人可能被評為不切實際、瘋子、怪人…。但也就是他們超乎常人的想像力與勇氣，開創了人類航空史上的卓越成就。
撇開Richard Branson的大名不談，Branson能寫出這本書，是因為他何其有幸，不僅有機會遇到這些人、甚至和這些人一起工作與他們一起飛翔，完成遠大夢想，打造出人類航空史上的新篇章。
所以本書的主角並非Richard Branson，而是人類航空史上，包含過去與現在的，有名的與無名的夢想家，與實踐者。(KC)

Awards/获奖情况：「若要說世上有幸運兒，那必定就是Richard Branson。」---《紐約客》，2007年5月14日

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About the Author/作者介绍： Richard Branson，英國Virgin集團的創辦人。華頓商學院選為「過去25年來，最具影響力的25名商業領袖之一」。

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